Heirs of Byzantine

The Heirs of Byzantine was a Greek Fascist organization founded in 1918. It was likely made illegal by the Greek Government in early 1919.

Prelude to Greek Civil War.
The Greek Government increasingly felt threatened by the The Heirs,which was increasingly growing in support and power, the Government went as far as to ban them due to anti governmental stances and extremism.However, on October 19th, 1920, the Greek Authorities arrested and then publicly executed the Leader(whose title was"Emperor") of the Group, on charges of Treason. This caused immediate reactions from the group and it's supporters, who called for revenge against the government, and within hours of his death a New Emperor was appointed and began calling for Revolution, many thousands of people took to the streets and within days The Greek Civil War had started.

The Civil War
For the main article, see Greek Civil War

Fascist forces with support from Bulgaria would fight for control of Greece, the Fascists would secure the region of Peloponnese however multiple Government offensives and Fascist counter offensives turns the far north a constant battleground. The Heirs also support pro-Fascist Greek separatist rebels in Northern Eprius. After several months of stalemate it was revealed by Italy that Bulgaria was secretly supplying the Fascists with guns and supplies, The Italians gave a list of demands to the Bulgarian Government, including that they would Invade Greece in support of the Heirs. On the 3rd of April 1922, Bulgarian troops began a offensive, completely annihilating Greek all loyalist troops by the 27th of May.

Formation of the Empire
Following the Treaty of Sofia, the Second Byzantine Empire was established by the Heirs, with the Heirs as the dominate and ruling party, though within a few years the nation had de-facto turned into a Absolute Monarchy with the Emperor at the top.